Brendt A Petersen/Shutterstock As social animals we have an innate understanding of the joy a good friendship can bring. So it’s unsurprising humans delight in seeing such closeness between animals. We can see ourselves reflected in the behaviour of cuddling chimpanzees, but a new wave of research is showing lessContinue Reading
Paid-for verification can disrupt our expectations about the reliability of profiles on social media Shutterstock / Poca Wander Stock “Integrity,” “Professionalism”, “Creativity” — three of many words I used to see around one of the offices I worked in in New York. Like other aspects of corporate culture, these annoyedContinue Reading
Alena Ozerova/Shutterstock Many people choose to live with a cat for companionship. As a social species, companionship is something we often crave. But this cannot necessarily be said of our feline friends. Domestic cats evolved from a largely solitary species, defending their territory from other cats. Although modern-day cats canContinue Reading
The northern lights seen in the south of the UK weren't quite as vivid as the kind of displays seen closer to the polar regions basiczto/Shutterstock People across the UK, from the Shetland Islands to Somerset and from Norfolk to Northern Ireland, have been treated to a stunning display ofContinue Reading
Cruise, owned by General Motors, is one of the "robotaxi" companies operating in San Francisco. Shutterstock / paulaah293 Residents of San Francisco and Phoenix have grown used to witnessing something that, a decade ago, would have seemed magical. In some parts of these cities, at certain times, cars drive byContinue Reading
It's easy to fall for an online scam if you're in a hurry Bits And Splits/Shutterstock Keeping up with the latest digital cons is exhausting. Fraudsters always seem to be one step ahead. But our study found there is one simple thing you can do to drastically reduce your chancesContinue Reading
Lies are nothing new. durantelallera/Shutterstock “So far as the influence of the newspaper upon the mind and morals of the people is concerned, there can be no rational doubt that the telegraph has caused vast injury.” So said the The New York Times in 1858, when the transatlantic cable linkingContinue Reading
Vultures doesn't deserve their bad reputation Eatmann/Shutterstock With their long, featherless necks and stern-looking faces, vultures are an easy target for people’s fear and loathing. In books and films, they usually appear as a forewarning of bad things to come. And they are often used to describe someone who benefitsContinue Reading
You’re sitting on the plane, staring out of the window at the clouds and all of a sudden, you think back to how a few months ago, you had a heart-to-heart with a good colleague about the pressure you experience at work. How do thoughts seemingly completely unrelated to theContinue Reading
Google's dominance in search is undisputed, but could it come under fire? Let's Design Studio/Shutterstock Google’s dominance as the most visited website has been undisputed since it rose to prominence as the leading search engine in the early 2000s. However, that position could now be facing its biggest ever threat,Continue Reading
